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Collected Item: “Anonymous Oral History, 2021/02/27”

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One Bronx Mom, Two Young Adult Daughters, Two Mental Health Crises

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

Audio interview

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

An anonymous Bronx mother tells the story of her two daughters’ mental health challenges during the pandemic. First, her 21 year old daughter had a Covid-related panic attack in May 2020 that required 4 weeks of hospitalization. This daughter was on the road to recovery when her 24 year old daughter fell into a severe depression in August. The mother describes how this situation affected her entire family and how both daughters returned to mental health even though the pandemic hasn’t ended yet.

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Mental health, panic attack, depression, parenting during Covid

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Ellen Balleisen

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2021-02-27
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